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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

American whaler Hobomok according to the The New-Bedford Directory of 1836

Homeport Falmouth, Massachusetts (1), 417 tons tonnage and managing owner Elijah Swift.(2)

Notes
1. Built at Mattapoissett for the Swifts family in 1831 Length 113 feet.
2. Elijah Swift (16 August 1774 Falmouth-19 January 1852 Falmouth).

Sources
Henry H. Crapo. The New-Bedford Directory, New Bedford, USA, 1836.
Jennifer Stone Gaines. Whaling